muslin

(muz′lin)

noun

any of various strong, often sheer cotton fabrics of plain weave; esp., a heavy variety used for sheets, pillowcases, etc.

Origin: Fr mousseline < It mussolino < mussolo, muslin, after Mussolo (< Ar Mauṣil), Mosul, city in Iraq, where it was made

See muslin in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Any of various sturdy cotton fabrics of plain weave, used especially for sheets.

Origin:

Origin: French mousseline

Origin: , from Italian mussolina

Origin: , from Mussolo, Mosul, Iraq

Origin: , from Arabic (al-)Mawṣil

Origin: , from mawṣil, place of joining

Origin: , from waṣala, to join; see wṣl in Semitic roots

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